Girl shot by Taleban says people’s prayers have aided her recovery

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The Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner who survived being
shot in the head by the Taleban has spoken of being given a “second
life” in her first public statement and of setting up a fund to help “every
girl, every child, to be educated”.

Malala Yousafzai, 15, who was attacked in Pakistan by Taleban gunmen after
campaigning for girls’ rights, underwent surgery on her skull and ear at the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham at the weekend.

In a video recorded before her latest operation, she said: “Today you can see
that I’m alive. I can speak, I can see you, I